>It was true back in the 90's that the mainframe was more expensive for most >customers.
I actually disagree with that. Back then, PCs and *NIX platforms were a lot more expensive. If you looked at cost per seat, and cost for support personell, the M/F was still cheaper. The whole TCO argument has always been political. In the PC/NIX world manpower is rarely counted. It in on the M/F. Also, BSOD resolution by the end-user is never counted, nor any of the extra work the user and the help desk does is never counted. Rarely does a business (CICS) user under z/OS have to call for technical problems. Under the others, most are technical. And, the windows solution? Re-Image. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
